Zeenie as she appears in Satyam Shivam Sundaram, where she had to do without all the glamour and glitz to become an ordinary damsel with a disfiguring scar that made her scary to look at at one side of her face:

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Can be said that SSS dealt with the subject as the Director sees fit and Raj Kapoor went for bust or nothing.

Ofcourse SSS made Zeenie as wanted more than ever.

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Zeenat Aman was born November 19, 1951; An Indian actress who has appeared in Bollywood films, notably in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the second runner up in the Miss India Contest and went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific in 1970. Upon making her debut in Bollywood, Aman was credited with bringing the Western heroine look to Hindi cinema.

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ASJ..this is going to be great (will probably make the next monthly report)...what a role she had in SSS...i can still remember that waterfall scene...am waiting for the pic

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ASJ..this is going to be great (will probably make the next monthly report)...what a role she had in SSS...i can still remember that waterfall scene...am waiting for the pic

Hi IK, that famous waterfall scene will be forth coming but first we have to get permission from my good buddy Freaky who holds the distributing rights for that one.

Also you will be surprised that Dev Anand was madly in love with Zeenie but because of SSS he finally came to his senses and then let it go.
Raj Kapoor wins again.

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ASJ..this is going to be great (will probably make the next monthly report)...what a role she had in SSS...i can still remember that waterfall scene...am waiting for the pic

Hi IK, that famous waterfall scene will be forth coming but first we have to get permission from my good buddy Freaky who holds the distributing rights for that one.

Also you will be surprised that Dev Anand was madly in love with Zeenie but because of SSS he finally came to his senses and then let it go.
Raj Kapoor wins again.

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ok hopefully FR will give you permission...i never knew Dev A. was in love with her but am not surprised...i would imagine a lot of the men were in the same boat

Finally Zeenie baby arrived

I look forward to reading more about her

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Zeenat Aman was born to a Muslim father, Amanullah Khan and a Hindu mother, Scinda. Her mother was a Maharashtrian from Pune. Her father, was one of the writers for the blockbuster movies of Mughal-e-Azam and Pakeezah. He died when Zeenat was just 13. Zeenat's mother was a German citizen, and took her to Germany - where Zeenat was very unhappy, returning to India as soon as she turned 18.

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Finally Zeenie baby arrived

I look forward to reading more about her

Hey Ri, I know that we can depend on you for some of your inputs, look foward to your participation in this one.

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It has been speculated by some that her mother was Jewish which is absolutely false, her best friend was Jewish. As she told the Sunday Observer in Sri Lanka in an interview in 2003, "My father was a Muslim, mother was a Hindu, my step father was German. I went to a Catholic school with a European influence and my best friend was Jewish. So I had wide exposure and I played Indo-Western roles I could have identified with."

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her European influence was excellent in Qurbani...in the bikini n such..she was gorgeous

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her European influence was excellent in Qurbani...in the bikini n such..she was gorgeous

Even the disco nightclub song in Qurbani "Laila oh laila" was a hit, cant wait to spin some of her tunes.

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her European influence was excellent in Qurbani...in the bikini n such..she was gorgeous

Even the disco nightclub song in Qurbani "Laila oh laila" was a hit, cant wait to spin some of her tunes.

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for sure..n 'baat ban jaye'..that was like a cult song

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Hey Ri, I know that we can depend on you for some of your inputs, look foward to your participation in this one.

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definitely!

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her European influence was excellent in Qurbani...in the bikini n such..she was gorgeous

She was memorable in Dostana too when she was walking along dressed very western in her sunhat and sundress and AB and Paintal was teasing her. Remember that?

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her European influence was excellent in Qurbani...in the bikini n such..she was gorgeous

She was memorable in Dostana too when she was walking along dressed very western in her sunhat and sundress and AB and Paintal was teasing her. Remember that?

yes..that too n most of her movies she was usually dressed westernised...'jiska muje' from Don...galmorous dress she had worn

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Aman graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and went to Southern California University, Los Angeles for further studies on student aid. Upon returning to India, she first took a job as a journalist for Femina and then later on moved on to modeling. One of the first few brands that she modeled for was Taj Mahal Tea and Television X Debut in 1966 exclusively. She was the second runner up in the Miss India Contest and went on to win the Miss Asia Pacific in 1970.

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asj Bhaiyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Zeenie baby...man i got paid to dance to Laila oh Laila and qurbani...
dem days 25c was good enough...esp since was only for me cuz dem
she was prob. the first indian movie star to be so tall...and she was very hippy...nice hips

i loved all of her movies...AAA she was with 2 of my other favs...

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Aman's sultry persona was a contrast to many of the more conservative stars of the era. At a time when heroines were obedient wives and lovers on screen, Aman was drawn to more unconventional roles - she was cast as the opportunist who deserts her jobless lover for a millionaire (Roti Kapda Aur Makaan), the ambitious girl who considers aborting her baby to pursue a career (Ajnabee), the happy hooker (Manoranjan), the disenchanted hippie (Hare Rama Hare Krishna), the girl who falls in love with her mother's one-time lover (Prem Shastra), and a woman married to a caustic cripple but involved in an extramarital relationship (Dhund). She managed to balance these roles with acting in more conventional films such as Chori Mera Kaam, Chhaila Babu, Dostana and Lawaaris, which is considered by many to be a landmark in Indian Cinema.

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now who was the best actor that she is paired with?

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The shot that was a must for the Director Raj Kapoor and ofcourse that shot changes the stature of Zeenie as one of the most sought after actress after SSS.

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It is refreshing to see that Zeenat Aman and her role in the history of Bollywood is finally getting the proper reassessment she truly deserves. For many years it seems Zeenat's image and role in Bollywood had taken an unflattering and exploited turn. After the death of her husband her in-laws attempted to publicly defame her reputation in an ugly estate battle. Revealing photos of her scantily clad voluptuous figure taken from her more risqué sensational film roles of the 70s flooded Internet fan photo sites with captions like, "Zeenat cleavage and huge Bs". The lowest common denominator had pegged her as a 'sex pot' evergreen star of nostalgic times past. The critics often relegated her to the 'B' list when listing the 'important' stars of Bollywood's history.

However, critically and culturally and in terms of impact, Zeenat Aman is arguably one of the most important Bollywood actress of the last 35 years. Thankfully in the past year or two she is finally getting her well deserved and long overdue critical accolades.

In her heyday during the early and mid 1970s Zeenat Aman created a revolution in the image of the Bollywood Heroine. Her popularity with fans took her to the top echelon of the 'A' list stars. Her portrayals created enduring roles that still reverberate and inspire comparison in Bollywood to this day.

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On first glance (even a second) it is a shock to watch just how much skin Zeenat Aman is exposing in some of her films from the 70s. In Raj Kapoor's "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" (1978) Zeenat goes bra-less in a see-through saree five times too small for her. Her clothes in the film give Zeenat the single most 'revealing' performance in Bollywood history. In "Qurbani" (1980) Zeenat romps in the surf and up the beach in a micro bikini smaller than anything before or since seen on a Bollywood screen. The relish and self satisfaction, the pride in her potent physical form are evident in these classic Zeenat Aman exhibitions.

One can see that Zeenat is gamely and playfully pushing the boundaries of female representation. She may have been asked by the director of the film to wear the tiny bikini or see-through saree, but she certainly saw nothing 'wrong' or would state to the effect that it was no big deal in doing so. She felt that the industry and society was uptight and should loosen up a bit. Regressive attitudes towards the female form were just not a part of her reality.

Often she chose roles that were outside the normal formula so she could stretch herself. Because of her intelegence and the visceral sincerity of her performances, Zeenat's liberated modern woman became a new facet on the role of Bollywood heroine. Not to mention that the public loved her and for a period she was the total rage, not only as a film actress but also as a fashion icon.

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Of all the actress' who are termed 'evergreen' or from the pre 80s era of Bollywood. Zeenat Aman is the only actress who could slip right off a 70s film screen right into a 2000s movie. All of the other heroines look nostalgic compared to her. Her face is modern and with only slight make-up changes she could be a Bollywood heroine today.

It has been said that Zeenat was the prototype of the modern Bollywood heroine. She ushered in not only a new look and modern attitude but also offered in her portrayals new models and standards of what a Bollywood Heroine could be.

Zeenat Aman is still active in the film world behind and now recently again in front of the camera. See the links below to learn more about her. Also see the Zeenat galleries to see and read more about her style and fashion.

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Dev was very much in love with Zeenie Baby, but was Miss Aman in love with Dev Anand?

Evergreen hero Dev Anand was desperately in love with Zeenat Aman but was heart broken before a 'date' with her when he found Raj Kapoor throwing his arms around her at a party.

"My heart broken to pieces.... I wanted to leave the party at once and go off somewhere alone, to just be myself, so that I could swallow the humiliation thrust on my ego," Dev Anand says in his autobiography "Romancing With Life".

"Zeenat and I started being linked to each other in the magazines and newspapers that people hungry for gossip love to read. In the subconscious, we had become emotionally attached to each other," Anand says.

Time moved on and one day he felt that he was desperately in love with Zeenat and wanted to say so to her at a very special, exclusive place meant for romance. "I pick her up and together we went to a party. The first person who greeted Zeenat was a drunken Raj Kapoor with a gallant drawl who threw his arms around her," Anand says.

"A struggle within me transformed itself into a to-hell-with-it-all attitude and prompted me to say goodbye to a relationship which, though it had been non-committal emotionally on both sides, had been honest all the same," he says.

The evening, he says, had delivered a blow to his personality, and his dominating spirit. "I had decided on the spur of the movement to tell Zeenat for the first time how much I loved her. And that there was an idea in my mind of another story that would put her on a pedestal as never before, the highest so far. But that was never to be," the evergreen hero says.

In his autobiography, said to be the first ever full-fledged memoir by a leading Bollywood star, Anand tells his remarkable life story, no less dramatic and gripping than any of his films. It carries recollections from Dev's youth in 1930 in Gurdaspur and Lahore, his years of struggle in 1940s in Bombay, his friendship with Guru Dutt and his doomed romance with Surayya. The star also writes about his marriage to Kalpana Kartik, his relationship with his brothers Chetan and Vijay Anand as also his compatriots Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor.

Anand however quickly detached himself from Zeenat. "And so be it! I quickly detached myself. I had blundered, taking too many things for granted. There was no need for me to let any rancour remain in my mind against Zeenat. I had prepared her for the world and she was free to go into the arms of anyone who would help her further her ambitious dreams," he writes.

"A group of chanting devotees was passing by my car- Hare Krishna Hare Krishna..I closed my eyes. Zeenat still remained beautiful in my eyes, with an honest soul. And Raj a passionate filmmaker...An idea of a new film was slowly coming into focus," he writes.

"Writing an autobiography is tougher when you are a public figure that the world has known and admired for over six decades and has looked up as a larger-than-life hero. Unless I take my readers to a plane of absolute adoration for me as they read my book, the attempt will not have been worth it. And yet, my life has been an open book to my fans, and they must not feel that I am hiding something or glossing over some unsavoury bumps now that I have set out to write my autobiography," Anand writes.

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now who was the best actor that she is paired with?

Wow!! how do we answer this?....as we have seen that wether it be a Dharmendra, a Feroze Khan, or even a Dev Anand, we know that Zeenie would always give of her best.

Can we say that she was romantically involved with Dharam? Nah!!! I do not think so, but we do have some footages where we saw that she was almost stripped by Dharmendra: Lets see if we can find those footages.

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And with these footages and shots from SSS we had to name our title DARED TO BARE: ZEENIE AMAN:

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In this photo: Parveen Babi, Shabana Azmi, Rajesh Khanna, Zeenat Aman

After having studied in Los Angeles, winning the Miss Asia Pageant and a successful modeling career, Aman's film career began with a small role in O. P. Ralhan's Hulchul in 1971. A second role in Hungama (1971), starring singer Kishore Kumar, was also not successful.

Dev Anand offered Zaheeda (his second heroine in Prem Pujari) the role of sister in Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1972). Not realizing the importance of this secondary role, Zaheeda wanted the lead female part (eventually played by Mumtaz), and she opted out. Aman was chosen as a last-minute replacement.

In Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Aman, aided by R. D. Burman's song "Dum Maro Dum" (Take Another Toke), won over the heart's of audience as Janice. She earned a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award[3] and BFJA Award for Best Actress.[4] Throughout the 1970s, the Dev-Zeenat pairing was seen in half a dozen films: Heera Panna (1973), Ishq Ishq Ishq (1974), Prem Shastra (1974), Warrant (1975), Darling Darling (1977) and Kalabaaz (1977). Of these, Warrant, was the biggest box-office success.

Her hip looks in "Yaadon Ki Baaraat' (1973) as the girl carrying a guitar, singing 'churaliya hai tumne jo dil ko' (in Asha Bhonsle's voice) has won her more popularity and the hearts of millions of fans.

She appeared on every Hindi film magazine's cover during 1970s. In December 1974, Cine Blitz magazine was launched with Zeenat Aman on its cover, a testimony to her popularity at the time. However, she went on as the favourite cover girl of the popular magazine 'Stardust'.

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It is only too well known that at one point of time ZEENAT AMAN actually became the bone of contention between the KHAN brothers FEROZ & SANJAY.Everyone knew it was while she was shooting for QURBANI that she also signed ABUDALLAH with SANJAY KHAN and eventually while the film was under-production she had a whirlwind romance with SANJAY KHAN that resulted in a cloak and dagger Nikaah that left Feroz furious as his loyalty was with the clan. There was soo much bad blood between the brothers that when their respective films were ready for release neither of them was willing to budge on the release date. At the end of the day.Qurbani was an all time hit while Abudallah was a miserable flop of 1980. Something that always pinched SANJAY KHAN.

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The Zeenat-Mazhar relationship takes its ugliest turn ever.

FILM glossies ran the trailers long before the final showdown. In April 1998, Cine Blitz carried "the bizarre details" of the Zeenat-Mazhar divorce, listing out the darker side of Ms Aman. A month later, Stardust carried Zeenat's version of "Mazhar's Revenge". Then, on May 8, 1998, Zeenat's Hill Road home in suburban Bandra was stormed by in-laws and her furious first-born Azaan—leaving in its devastating wake shattered panes, a battered car, smashed chairs, a bruised Zeenat, her battered friend Zaheer Aslam and her shell-shocked eight-year-old son Zahaan.
Two days later a shaken Zeenat, along with close friends actress Dimple Kapadia and script-writer Honey Irani, summoned the press. In presenting her "side of the story", the famed stoic silence of the Khan couple took a severe beating.

But then, so did Zeenat. The sex symbol of the '70s wore makeup to camouflage her swollen face. Through the warpaint, 12 years of an unhappy marriage proclaimed themselves. "Nobody remembers the 12 years of devotion and sacrifice to my children—and to Mr Mazhar Khan. His addiction to drugs, his 10-year-old film which never took off, his debts, spending sprees, cars—nobody saw that. Nobody saw that emotionally and financially I got nothing out of this relationship. Right now I want to rescue my son who's being used as a weapon against me," was Zeenat's constant refrain.

It was seconded in equally powerful tones by Dimple Kapadia. "We have a right to live the way we want to. We can't have people coming into our homes and bashing us up. After all, she has been divorced. What do they want from her? What right do they have to spoil the relationship between her and her son? That's the saddest part of all."

But the solidarity of the three women seeking common cause with women's rights stirred little sympathy with the industry. "The industry will be divided over the issue," notes Bharati Pradhan, former editor of Showtime. "They'll discuss the couple, dissect the marriage and then go back to leading their own lives."

Condemning the assault, Cine Blitz editor Rita Mehta says: "If the industry is coming together over this act of violence, it should also take up violence on screen. The issue at hand is highly convoluted. Is Mazhar to blame? Is Azaan, the child, to blame? There are too many considerations here."

Of equal significance is the fact that support came from quarters that could be s******ed at. Dimple, whose liaison with Sunny Deol had caused immense heartache to wife Pooja; Honey, who traipsed in and out of relationships, largely with younger men. In Zeenat's case: a 25-year-old called Zaheer Aslam who weaned her away from her family. Soon after the attack, producer Tajdar Amrohi, Mazhar's brother-in-law and one of the in-laws charged with assaulting Zeenat, said: "I've been unnecessarily defamed in all this. I vow on the Holy Koran I can't even remotely think of harming a woman. Zeenat seems to have gone crazy. Maybe it's that boy who stays with her. I wonder what relationship they share—is he a relative, friend...? What could be the reason for the son not wanting to stay with his mother?"

As per Zeenat's confession to a friend, "getting beaten up was becoming the story of my life". A secretive whirlwind wedding with actor-director Sanjay Khan ended in a smash-up at Mumbai's five-star lobby of the Taj. Forgotten flame Robin Kumar reportedly hit her in public while toy boy Frank Marino sped away with her money. Then, the Mazhar-Zeenat rollercoaster romance ended in disaster. "Save for Dev Anand, Zeenat has this ability to pick up the wrong guys. Mazhar was a much-married man, why did she choose him?" asks Pradhan.

Shrugging off her sex symbol status and settling down to her role of a spouse, two kids and 12 years of marriage just raced by for Zeenat, except in the last four years. She confined her public appearances in the early years of marriage to launching a phonetics album for kids and an eponymous perfume. Says Kiron Kher: "She gave up working and has been a devoted mother. She's stood by Mazhar and was with him in England during his illness. The last 2-3 years have been very hard for her. The hardest was losing her emotional anchor, her mother." Meanwhile, Mazhar's Gang was shot in spasms. Debts mounted. Then pancreatitis struck him, leading to renal failure. Followed by a marital breakdown.

ASSERTING that while Zeenat only sought separation, it was he who asked for divorce, Mazhar thunders: "I've hit people for her but never lifted a finger on her. I know there has been talk about how much money has been spent on my film and for my treatment in London. Stardust has written that she has spent Rs 70 lakh on me. If she can produce a piece of paper to show that she even spent Rs 70 on me, I'll accept she spent Rs 70-80 lakh on me. Yes, she stood by me but in the entire 14 years we were together, I never took money from her. For the last four years, my family and friends have borne the expenses for my treatment. Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar, all my friends have rallied around me. Besides, shouldn't she have been glad I had a weakness for cars—not booze, drugs or women?"

Taking all these troubles to heart is 12-year-old Azaan who Zeenat claims is being "brainwashed" by her in-laws. But, says Mehta: "Children find it extremely difficult to understand when another man or woman is living openly in the house. They can't accept anyone else besides their mom and dad. In such a scenario, one can't be blatant about things and confuse them. One should go easy on their emotions."

Though the divorce by "mutual consent" came through in January, the couple have yet to resolve their conflicts. Uppermost among them is the custody of their children—as evident in Zeenat's March 25 police complaint which listed "abduction of son Azaan" by Mazhar and family. Well-wishers believe all is not lost. All it needs is an actor called Mazhar Khan and the superstar of such hits as Hare Rama Hare Krishna and Satyam Shivam Sundaram to get their collective wits—and act together.

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Jackie Shroff and Zeenie sharing a tender moment

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The shot that was a must for the Director Raj Kapoor and ofcourse that shot changes the stature of Zeenie as one of the most sought after actress after SSS.

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amazing n seductive...

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It is only too well known that at one point of time ZEENAT AMAN actually became the bone of contention between the KHAN brothers FEROZ & SANJAY.Everyone knew it was while she was shooting for QURBANI that she also signed ABUDALLAH with SANJAY KHAN and eventually while the film was under-production she had a whirlwind romance with SANJAY KHAN that resulted in a cloak and dagger Nikaah that left Feroz furious as his loyalty was with the clan. There was soo much bad blood between the brothers that when their respective films were ready for release neither of them was willing to budge on the release date. At the end of the day.Qurbani was an all time hit while Abudallah was a miserable flop of 1980. Something that always pinched SANJAY KHAN.

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very interesting..she was really great in Dhund (i watched that sometime ago)..loved that one song 'ulchan sulche na'.

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doan tink dats our Zeenie baby AJbhai

dat scene is from Ram Tere Ganga Mehli i believe

dis is Zeenie fame Waterfall scene in SSS

Thanks for the catch Freaky, always wanted to belief that that pix were of our Zeenie Baby, I know that you had the real one somewhere around,
BTW Wasn't it a bit more graphic? know what I mean.

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There's a lot going on in Raj Kapoor's Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Truth, God, Beauty):

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